The Best Office Space Ever
Well, after working alone in my house for many years (15 to be exact) I realize there is a perfect office space not 1 mile from my house and it only costs me $2.07 per day.
My brother-in-law Paul was kind enough to take me for several hours around our area looking for office space where I could actually see other people during the day. I love the convenience of working out of my house, especially when my kids were young, but for the last several years I have found that it is pretty lonely. Plus, I could use a bit of a dress code enforcement. Office spaces in our area vary greatly, but I knew I didn't want to be in an office somewhere off a main corridor where I would be paying rent to be alone. So I was looking for a communal environment where there were many people in single offices, but were all joined together in an open floor plan, sharing a secretary, and bumping into each other at the water cooler. Well, such a place does exist, and very near my house, the only problem was the very high cost (and the very small size of the office).
Then my sister-in-law Jen, (Paul's wife) suggested an office where she knew many people went every day to work , it was social, nearby, and free~! You all may know it under it's common name of 'Starbucks' I now refer to it only as 'the office'.
It is incredible, everyone there is sitting with a lap top, or some other kind of work and stays there half the day!! Tracy, my Starbucks guru who introduced me to some of the steady gang there, actually has a beautiful office, but comes afternoons to Starbucks to have a place to work and be among other people. It is really an incredible phenomenon, sort of amazes me that Starbucks allows it, but I guess the atmosphere creates a space people want to be in.
I am still working on what actual work is best for me to do there, and am finding that I have a bit of the sense that I should quick finish my work so I can go to Starbucks, but it is a work in progress.
Unfortunately I don't drink coffee, so my $2.07 is the cost of my bottle of water. But I feel that I have to contribute something to the upkeep of this place.
Small business advice for the day:
Sometimes the solutions you are looking for are right under your nose- but you need help from others to tell you to look there!
My brother-in-law Paul was kind enough to take me for several hours around our area looking for office space where I could actually see other people during the day. I love the convenience of working out of my house, especially when my kids were young, but for the last several years I have found that it is pretty lonely. Plus, I could use a bit of a dress code enforcement. Office spaces in our area vary greatly, but I knew I didn't want to be in an office somewhere off a main corridor where I would be paying rent to be alone. So I was looking for a communal environment where there were many people in single offices, but were all joined together in an open floor plan, sharing a secretary, and bumping into each other at the water cooler. Well, such a place does exist, and very near my house, the only problem was the very high cost (and the very small size of the office).
Then my sister-in-law Jen, (Paul's wife) suggested an office where she knew many people went every day to work , it was social, nearby, and free~! You all may know it under it's common name of 'Starbucks' I now refer to it only as 'the office'.
It is incredible, everyone there is sitting with a lap top, or some other kind of work and stays there half the day!! Tracy, my Starbucks guru who introduced me to some of the steady gang there, actually has a beautiful office, but comes afternoons to Starbucks to have a place to work and be among other people. It is really an incredible phenomenon, sort of amazes me that Starbucks allows it, but I guess the atmosphere creates a space people want to be in.
I am still working on what actual work is best for me to do there, and am finding that I have a bit of the sense that I should quick finish my work so I can go to Starbucks, but it is a work in progress.
Unfortunately I don't drink coffee, so my $2.07 is the cost of my bottle of water. But I feel that I have to contribute something to the upkeep of this place.
Small business advice for the day:
Sometimes the solutions you are looking for are right under your nose- but you need help from others to tell you to look there!
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